Modern life creates so many pressures that the least sound brains among us have become fried. Q.e.d. conservatism, gun nuts and People of God, among others. Everyone seems to need an outlet for their craziness.
Me? I write terrible poetry and books no one reads.
“Atheists and unbelievers” I get: God is the bouncer at your club, and there’s a clear rule on who gets past the velvet rope. But then there are other people who’ve consulted their consciences, arrived at the conviction that there is God and Jesus is his human manifestation/conduit, and try to live as good people according to those precepts.
That’s still not good enough for the Witnesses. But of course, that’s not witnessing; it’s cross-examining, and the correct reply is “asked and answered.”
I’m long since disillusioned by the inherent paradox of an “atheist community,” so I wouldn’t know, but do they go around accusing each other of not being atheist enough? What’s the atheist version of Holier than Thou? “Ayer-theist” or “atheister?”
You can shoot summarily on principle. Luke 19:29-35 is clear evidence that he was a horse thief, that constitutes a capital crime in some eras/regions.
i’m trying to decide if ‘double jeapordy’ rules would apply - and if we can get God (the Father) on conspiracy since Christ was working in his name, etc.
Jesus Guy, you need to embrace the perfect message of God delivered through the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him. You need to worship the one true God and not the prophet Isa, peace be upon him. You should also not cast your pearls among swine.